A new investigation from Washington Post reveals frightening details about Chief Mark Meadows’ efforts to keep a White House coronavirus outbreak a secret. Meadows was working to hide when members of the White House team tested positive for coronavirus, according to the report. He tried to hide his own diagnosis and told at least one other White House team member to keep quiet about being COVID-positive.
In accordance with PostMeadows also threatened to fire doctors at the White House Medical Unit if they reported information on a growing number of coronavirus cases. An unnamed official said Meadows told them that the White House “has no obligation to tell the press or the public that Joe Schmo, who works at the White House, has done well.” The United States has so far lost more than 313,000 lives to the coronavirus pandemic, more than any other country in the world. Experts say the lack of a unified federal response is largely to blame.
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